When the A's recently received their playoff bonuses, they turned right back around and gave back to the community. MLB Players Association representative Jerry Blevins told the A's front office that the team voted to donate one playoff share ($34,325.16) to local and national charities.

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Sergio Romo talks with Sarah Lindberg and sixth grader, Laith Cuyjet, as they wait to receive vaccines at the Maxine Hall Health Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday August 14, 2012. The San Francisco Immunization Coalition and San Francisco Department of Public Health were joined by the San Francisco Giants to remind parents and students that vaccines are required to attend school.

Vernon Davis of the 49ers helps paint a mural created by Cameron Moberg at the Tenderloin Boys and Girls Clubhouse.

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Vernon Davis, who was a studio art major at Maryland, talks to Cameron Moberg in front of the mural that Moberg has designed for the Tenderloin Boys and Girls Club.

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Vernon Davis talks to children and staff members of the Tenderloin Boys and Girls Clubhouse in San Francisco Calif, on Friday, May 20, 2011.

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Before Thanksgiving, Golden State Warrior Klay Thompson joined the Good Tidings Foundation to help the Eastside College Preparatory School girls’ basketball team buy food and equipment. Thompson picked up the students in a limo and took them to Target for Thanksgiving dinner supplies and then to Sports Authority for new pairs of shoes. (Golden State Warriors / Courtesy)

Willie Mays, Afghanistan war vet and triple amputee Marine Cpl. Nicholas Kimmel and Barry Zito are seen during pre-game ceremonies prior to Game 2 of the World Series at AT&T Park on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif.

Vernon Davis at the Wender Weis Foundation for Children's 12th annual Halloween Heroes at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Proceeds from the evening benefited the Junior Giants Baseball Program and the Exploratorium's Educational Outreach program.

San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain may not look pleased, but he's wearing those pants for the charity shootout between the San Francisco 49ers and the Giants at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament.

Jim Harbaugh can make even charity events look intense. Here, Alex Smith and coach wait to putt on the third green during a charity shootout between the 49ers and the San Francisco Giants at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif.,Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.

This year, Oakland Raiders defensive tackle Richard Seymour donated 150 meals to the Columbian Gardens Food Pantry in Oakland for Thanksgiving. Seymour, his mother, wife and children also went to the pantry to help distribute those meals.

The Oakland A's started their year in Japan, visiting children devastated by the tsunami. These schoolchildren in Sendai were very excited to meet Stomper. (Susan Slusser / The Chronicle)

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Some of the Golden State Warriors have made a tradition of visiting inmates at San Quentin State Prison. Here, head coach Mark Jackson drives for a layup past Ishmel Auxila-Pierrelouis in a basketball game against inmates on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.

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Inmates watch the basketball game between employees of the Golden State Warriors organization and the San Quentin Warriors at San Quentin State Prison on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.

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Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson (center) hugs an inmate after a basketball game against the San Quentin Warriors at San Quentin State Prison on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.

Ronnie Lott chats with a group of children from Visitacion Valley middle schools' First Tee of San Francisco program at the BTIG LLC offices during their Commissions for Charity Day. The firm's last Commissions for Charity Day raised more than $3 million.

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Former San Francisco 49er quarterback Steve Young talks on the phone to a client at the BTIG LLC offices during their Commissions for Charity Day in San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday May 6, 2010. The firm's last Commissions for Charity Day raised more than $3 million.

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Giants relief pitcher Sergio Romo autographs a baseball for Lucas Selig after the high school senior got his whooping cough innoculation in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Romo visited the Department of Public Health to encourage students to get their whooping cough immunization which is now required for all secondary school students.

Giants pitcher Barry Zito stirs a giant vat of beans at the temporary location of the St. Anthony's Dining Room in San Francisco, Calif. on Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Zito pitches in at St. Anthony's a few times a year.

Vernon Davis is a busy, busy man when it comes to giving back. In 2011, he teamed up with Akomplice Clothing to produce two limited edition T-shirts. Proceeds from the sales benefitted children domestically and in Africa.

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Alex Smith and linebacker Parys Haralson celebrate after they helped count push-ups by Stanford University Center medical staffers during the annual Stanford Push Up Challenge on the Stanford, Calif., campus, Friday, June 8, 2012. The event helps brings awareness for heart disease research on campus.

Barry Zito jams with Eddie Money at Ruby Skye in San Francisco in 2007 during the Strikeouts for Troops charity concert where they raised funds for the Giants Community Fund. (Kat Wade / The Chronicle)